"Then I'm going to explain some things to you now." The Director gently pointed at a certain spot on the stone. "Although this stone does look good, and the color is not bad either, there's a little problem. If you look here, there is a crack, which is the tail mark of a digging tool, going deep into it. Even if this stone does produce an emerald, the inside will probably be damaged by this crack."
Irving took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a crack. However, this crack only stayed on the outer shell and did not damage the interior. He raised the stone and smiled "I want this piece. I don't want to waste everybody's time looking for a stone to choose, even Mr. Garner has left."
"Since you said so, then okay." The Director gave him a nod and continued: "This piece of material originally cost ten thousand dollar. But now, I'm charging you only five thousand. Pay it and you can take the stone away."
Five thousand? Although Irving recently made some money off Gwendolyn, it was only ten thousand dollar. The money was nothing by the business standards, and he had already spent some of it, so he was still a poor boy.
If he brought out the remaining notes, he would definitely present a wretched expression of himself.
""You don't have any money, do you? You don't have any money, so what are you betting on?" Looking at Irving's appearance, Yasmine naturally thought that he had no money.
"Isn't this what you asked me to buy?" Holding the stone in his hand, Irving replied. "Besides, I don't have that enough money. You can lend it to me and I'll give you back when I collect my salary."
"What? Do you know how many months it will take to pay me back?" Yasmine thought Irving would retreat in spite of the difficulties, but she didn't expect that this guy would totally lose it. "Okay! I'll lend it to you!"
"Oh, thank you." Irving replied, pretending to be extremely grateful. The card saved him from the blushes of spending his own money in the open. "I'll definitely pay you back after my first salary, or even before then."
"I can't blame you for losing this time. After all, you are a newbie." Yasmine snorted coldly and expressed what was in his heart. After that, she took out a card and stuffed it into Irving's hand. "I don't need you to pay back the money, as long as you admit that you are not capable."
She just couldn't bear to see Irving getting ahead of her due to luck. When she was in college, Yasmine had outstanding looks and a wealthy family. Despite all these, she still relied on her own efforts and took things one step at a time. She never believed in luck. But now Irving relied on luck to climb above her, how could she be willing to accept this?
After taking the bank card, Irving did not reply. He gave the card to the director who swiped it, and received his money. From then on, the stone belonged to Irving. "This is my first time betting on stones. I don't know how to cut it. Can you please help me out on this, director...?"
"Of course, many customers don't know how to cut it, so I do it for them." With that said, the director got hold of the stone cutting machine.
This was a must at every summit stall. After all, a rough stone was still a stone, except for some professional stone cutters, it was difficult to cut.
If it was forced open, the material inside could be damaged. And the value would also be greatly reduced.
The stone cutter started, and Irving remembered the sound of the engine. The diamond blade gently scratched the original stone, making a sizzling sound.
"Look over there, someone is cutting rocks!"
"Let's see what is found?"
Many people heard the noise and gathered around.
There were so many people, Yasmine unconsciously stood on the left side of Irving, trying to stay away from those people.
This was water cutting. In comparison, wire cutting had greater losses. So generally when trying to discover what a stone contain, it was water cutting. Wire cutting would only be used after the cutter could clearly see what the material inside was.
Along the cutting direction, the material of the stone will be sprayed outward with water in the form of mist. If there was jade, then the color of the sprayed mist would definitely be different. But this was also uncertain, so it was hard to tell until the end.
Yasmine glanced at Irving subconsciously. She didn't believe that luck was really a thing. How could Irving produce something for the first time asking?
However, Irving's eyes were fixed on the stone cutter.With a crisp sound, the stone was finally cut open, and a touch of green appeared before everyone's eyes."It actually turned out to be green on the inside.""It's a gemstone.""It's an emerald."Irving let out a long sigh of relief. The hand that he was holding tightly was slowly let go. The hanging stone in his heart was finally lay to rest. It turned out that all of this was real and not just a fantasy in his head."Really perspective.""Mister, I'll give you five hundred dollar for the stone.""Five hundred? Young man, I'll pay you seven hundred to buy the stone!"Seeing that the first shot was successful, people started bidding immediately.This was also the rule. If one didn’t want to continue the crafting after cutting it, one could sell it on the spot. As long as the price offered by the other party satisfied the owner. Otherwise, if one continued cutting it and it became crumbled or cracked, then it would become worthless
The exhibition rounded up, and Mr. Wayne took the three of them to a restaurant not far away. There was already a person sitting in the box."This is the manager of our Griffiths Antiques and Auctions headquarters, Mr. Jones Brooke." Mr. Wayne spoke first and introduced everyone."This is the manager from the Hudson Jewelry, our company branch in New York, Mr. Garner, and these are his assistants, Mr. Irving, and Ms. Yasmine.""Mr. Jones." Garner walked up and shook hands with Jones Brooke.Jones stood up immediately, returned the greeting solemnly, and shook hands with Irving by the way. As for Yasmine, a simple nod was considered acquaintance. This was not because Jones Brooke deliberately despised Yasmine because of his identity. But he believed that if a woman didn't take the initiative to reach out, a man shouldn't reach out first. This was the minimum etiquette of his."Hahaha, Mr. Garner. I didn't expect that you've already made a ground for our company when you first came here
"At 10:30 the next morning, Irving and Garner walked out of the room.However, Yasmin seemed to have been ready earlier and waiting for them."Look! It's him who gambled on a rock and found a treasure yesterday!"When Irving returned to the venue, many people recognized his presence at a glance."Haha, it seems that everyone is very impressed by what happened yesterday!" Garner smiled. "You are quite famous." "Ah, this is all luck, Mr. Garner. Just luck. I still have a lot to learn." Irving smiled blankly. He knew he had to learn more to survive in this business. If he didn’t learn everything, how would he guarantee that his chance of winning in the future would be better than average? Flaws would be revealed without adequate learning, then trouble would surely follow!"Mr. Garner, Mr. Brown is in a meeting. You can take a walk around to while away your time." Assistant manager Wayne saw the three of them and immediately came over to greet them.Garner nodded, indicating his acquiesc
Although thirty thousand dollar was a lot for ordinary people, it was just drizzle for Irving. Irving earned more than hundred thousand dollar yesterday alone, so it would definitely be no problem to spend it. It was just that as a newcomer, it would be too eye-catching if he showcased himself like this again. "Can you lend me another thirty thousand dollar and your luck? Then I will return it, together with the previous money I owed you after I get lucky today." Irving turned around and asked Yasmin. "You, Irving, you don't really know how to borrow luck, do you?" Garner touched his chin and looked at Irving curiously. "Don't you have money yourself? Why do you ask others to lend you money?" Yasmin was furious when Irving mentioned luck twice. "Just this time?" "I won't lend it to you anymore. I really don't want to hear about how lucky you were again." Yasmin never believed in luck, and now she just didn't want to lend money to Irving. Irving got angry just looking at her. "H
"I wonder what I should call you, gentleman?" It was Garner who spoke. "My name is Zahn." "Okay, Mr. Zahn. You may not know that he just borrowed my money and borrowed my luck." Garner said. "If he sells you the stone now, isn't that him selling away my luck too?" As soon as he said this, it was obvious that he didn't want to sell. Although he didn't believe in luck, Irving has already discovered two pieces of gemstones in a row. If there were to be another piece of this, it would be really terrifying. "In this exhibition, your Hudson Jewelry has taken all the limelight. It's really pitiful for the rest of us to watch from the sidelines." While wiping the cold sweat from his head, Mr. Zahn frowned. But who cared about this kind of rhetoric nowadays when shopping malls were like battlefields? "You can actually do that if you want." At this time Irving spoke. "I spent five thousand dollar on this stone. How much can you pay?" After all, he was a newcomer, and Irving had no intenti
After continuing to chat for a time, Irving finally managed to calm down the two elders.Naturally, the two of them would want to show off about Irving's money everywhere, and even wanted to get the money back, but Irving naturally disagreed. He still had a lot of money on hand, so he should keep the money for his parents to use for themselves.Garner went out to do some errands and came back a little while later. "Irving, you remembered the second piece from yesterday?" Garner asked with a smile. "The piece of material you just sold to Mr. Zahn? It didn't come out with any gem later. It cost him four thousand, so he lost quite some money."Hearing Garner's laughter, Irving glanced at Garner awkwardly. For him, it was meant to be a cover-up. He knew right from the beginning that there was nothing inside. Who would have thought that Mr. Zahn would suddenly jump out and want to buy it? So Irving had no choice but to take matters into his own hands, and sold the man the piece of rock.B
"We rob your friend of her things? Do you mean we are thieves?""What kind of nonsense talk is that? Mister, be careful, or we'll sue you for slander!""When you say something incriminating, you have to show evidence. You said we stole from your friend, where is the evidence?"These hoodlums were very arrogant. They weren't afraid at all and didn't take Irving seriously at all."Okay, all three of you, stop making noise." The traffic policeman knocked on the book in his hand and said angrily. "When my colleagues arrive, you can explain to them again. There is no need to waste your breath here."Irving looked helpless, he had no choice but to wait now. Although there were other things to be done, he had to resolve the current situation first. With the way they were talking and acting, it seemed they've hid the stolen necklace. Irving, who had followed them all the way just now, didn't notice them hiding away the stolen goods. If they hadn't taken time to hide the necklace, Irving would
"The two came out of the police station and took a taxi back to the branch."Thank you very much this time." Touching the responsible necklace around her neck, Yasmin whispered.Of course Irving heard it, but he didn't react for a while. "Hm?" Yasmin's neck turned red, and his voice became lower, like a mosquito whispering. "Thank you."Irving scratched his head. In fact, this was all a simple task, so he didn't take it to heart at all. There was no hope that this incident would change Yasmin's view of himself in the future, but it was something. He smiled and responded. "You're welcome, yes, yes."Yasmin, who was still feeling a little guilty, suddenly changed her expression when she saw Irving's attitude.Hey, women, they really changed at will.Those two hoodlums would probably have to stay in jail for a while.The necklace around Yasmin's neck was ice jade and its worth at least thousands.And just now Irving told the law enforcement officer that the motorcycle was a modified veh
Five years later, Irving boarded a plane to Las Vegas. Accompanying him was his wife, Linda. The occasion was the opening ceremony of his new company, Irvinda.Linda was very excited to be able to travel with Irving and not have to stay at home alone. Because she had been helping him for the launching of the company, she was very tired and soon became very sleepy.She stopped talking and fell asleep not long after the plane took off. She was sleeping soundly, probably feeling uncomfortable, and slowly leaned her head on his shoulder.Amid the roar of the plane, smelling the faint fragrance of her hair, and seeing her long eyelashes occasionally fluttering in her sleep, irving felt very at peace and leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.After the new company was opened, Irving spent an afternoon with Jillian in the Vegas office to hold a development and report meeting for the company's senior management. Silverstone Real Estate had completely got on the right track. With suffic
"There is no risk of commercial fraud, and there are no problems with the government. It is great value for money... So can we grab it?" Irving was still a little confused. From what Quentin said, it seemed that these pieces of land belonged to Warren. Why was this so?"Haha, Irving, I understand what you mean! The reason why these plots of land have not been sold yet is because their requirements are high - they must take over several plots of land at the same time, and the full amount must be paid within one week after signing the contract!""You know," Quentin added proudly, "most of the real estate companies in New York City are small in scale and rely on bank loans to survive. Only a few can come up with so much cash at once! But we can do it! There are more than 200 million dollar in the account of the headquarters now. Excluding the 200 million dollar, the rest is enough to support it until the end of the month, and the subsequent loans of nearly 100 million dollar should be av
Early in the morning, Irving finished washing up and was about to go downstairs for breakfast when Warren’s president Quentin came to his door.Irving couldn't help but look at the clock on the wall. It was indeed just after seven o'clock. If he hadn't confirmed it, he would have thought he had overslept. He grinned helplessly and said to his mentor, "Mr. Quentin, are you here to check on me, or are you here to have breakfast?"Quentin didn't take Irving's teasing seriously. He smiled and said, "I haven't had breakfast yet, so I'll just have breakfast for free!"Quentin was a diligent person who has spared no effort for the development of the company. He must have something to discuss if he came here so early in the morning. Irving stopped joking with him: "Then let's go, let's eat and talk!"In the restaurant, the two sat together, Irving ate while listening to Quentin's report."Irving, I have two things to tell you." Quentin took a bite of the big meat bun provided by the restauran
"This calligraphy and painting is worth 30 million, plus!""This jade bracelet is okay, let's count it at eight million.""Well, although the quality of this item is a little poor, it can still be sold for a few thousand dollar, so let's add it together." The short and fat man raised his hands, his expression dull, not daring to make any movement. He let Gunther search his entire body, even small items worth dozens of dollars were not spared.If he hadn't been in the treasure fighting arena, the short and fat man would have thought he had encountered a robber.After a long while, Gunther turned around and asked his men, "Have you finished the calculation? What is the total value?"The subordinate was busy sweating profusely, and finally pressed the last number and immediately replied: "The total is 345,983,642.50 dollar!"When this number was announced, the whole audience was shocked."It adds up to more than 300 million!""This is not a small number. It is rare for major auction hous
"Gunther did not move at all, his masked face showed no expression, as if he were a stone statue."hehe……"Just when everyone was confused, Gunther looked up and laughed."It turns out that the clown is me!"Gunther's words made everyone even more confused. After looking at each other for a while, they didn't know whether they should ask questions, but they were afraid of angering Gunther.However, humans have the same strong curiosity as cats.Finally, the short and fat man asked, "Judges, did I win?"Gunther smiled bitterly and shook his head. "What a joke! My emerald token is worth three million. How can I not win against a broken scroll?"This unexpected response made the short and fat man open his eyes in astonishment. He could hardly believe his ears. It was like a bolt from the blue.But he won't give up easily."I want to pick up the treasure!" The short and fat man took out another antique.Glaze garlic vase.Estimated value: 12.7 million!"Judges, can this one win?" Gunther
"Ha ha……" Gunther laughed.The short fat man laughed.The woman in black smiled.Everyone laughed.Irving, at this moment, under the gaze of everyone, was like a complete idiot.A broken scroll picked up from the garbage dump, hoping to defeat a short and fat man who possessed many rare treasures. If possible, they really wanted to pry open Irving's head on the spot to see what was inside.Fannie couldn't help but sigh, with the same expression of looking at someone as if he was a fool.A thing worth only tens of thousands of dollars would hardly make even a splash on the treasure-fighting stage.Gunther laughed and said, "You're stupid, but you're still stubborn."The short and fat man responded, "Judges, since he wants to embarrass himself in public, why don't we help him? Otherwise, after we leave this island, he will have the opportunity to slander me, saying that I dare not accept the challenge and that Hammersmith bullied him."Gunther thought about it and felt that this made se
"Who.?" The short and fat man stared at the crowd with his eyes wide open. "Who the hell are you? Come out now if you dare. Stop hiding."The roar echoed in the venue. It's like a mad pit bull baring its teeth, frightening people from the bottom of their souls.The crowd immediately looked around, trying to find the man out to calm the anger of this mad dog. After a while, like a river broken in the middle, the crowd automatically and consciously retreated to both sides.Gradually, a large open space was left in the treasure fighting arena. There were only two people standing there.A man and a woman.One of them was Fannie.The other person was——Irving.He was like a standing monument, with his back straight and his eyes sharp.The short and fat man snapped, "It's you again."Irving still looks like an unchanging stone statue. Cold, lonely and arrogant.The short and fat man roared: "Who are you calling worse than trash?"Irving said coldly: "It seems that you are quite self-aware."
"Hey, let's make some noise."The people in the treasure-competing arena are typically spectators who are there to watch a show and are not afraid of trouble, otherwise they would not come here specifically to watch people compete with treasures.It’s not like the man in black robe hasn’t been questioned before.Those who lose in the treasure competition often become anxious and unwilling to give away the treasures they have treasured for many years to others, so they will blame the other person's poor judgment ability and the appraisal result must be wrong.The result was that the doubters were severely punished.At the very least, they will be beaten half to death, and at the worst, they will disappear from the face of the earth.The man in black robe looked down at the people below, neither angry nor mocking.He said calmly, "Do you know what will happen if you question Hammersmith's number one treasure appraiser?"A short sentence, but it sounded very bland.But for some reason, t
"Why don't you two go to the treasure bidding arena first." The woman in black said with a faint smile.Fannie was eager to find out the inside story, so she immediately instigated Irving."It doesn't matter if you see it, let's go."Irving raised his eyelids and said calmly: "Well, I haven't seen anyone fighting for treasures for a long time."The woman in black bowed and walked to the front to lead the way.After a while, the three of them came to another stone chamber, but it was different from the "exotic flowers and plants" one. This one was full of people. There was a high platform in the middle, and an isolated circle outside was surrounded by ropes.At this time, three people were standing in a triangle on the platform.The person standing in the middle was wearing a black robe, his face buried deep in his hood, his hands crossed and tucked into his wide sleeves.The other two stood on the left and right of the man in black robe, facing each other, each holding a square wooden